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Swordsmyth
08-29-2017, 10:51 PM
It was just over a year ago that James Comey boldly consolidated the roles of investigator, lawyer, judge and jury when he announced that, although Hillary was "extremely careless" in her mishandling of classified State Department emails, no reasonable prosecutor would be willing to bring charges against her.
The decision sparked national outrage, particularly since it came just a few days after Bill Clinton happened to be spotted by a local reporter meeting privately with then Attorney General Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-04/foia-dump-reveals-collusion-between-lynch-fbi-and-media-bury-bill-clinton-meeting). Combine that with Comey's admission under oath that Loretta Lynch (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-08/comey-admits-ag-lynch-pressured-him-use-clinton-campaign-language-it-gave-me-queasy-) clearly attempted to interfere in the FBI's investigation and it all wreaked of just another Clinton coverup...said another way, just a bunch of Republicans trying to "criminalize things that are normal (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-29/new-dnc-chair-says-outrage-over-clinton-foundation-pay-play-attempt-criminalize-norm)."
Be that as it may, at least one attorney, Ty Clevenger of New York, has been working diligently to make sure that Hillary and various members of her staff face at least some consequences for their alleged crimes which range from perjury under oath to willful destruction of evidence protected by a Congressional subpoena (see: The "Oh Shit" Moment: Hillary Wiped Her Server With BleachBit Despite Subpoena (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-02/fbi-report-shows-how-bleachbit-deleted-hillary-clintons-oh-shit-moment)), among many others. We noted the efforts of Clevenger to get Hillary disbarred in the state of Arkansas back in June in a post entitled "Hillary Not "Out Of The Woods": Arkansas Bar Considers Disciplinary Action Over Email Scandal (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-22/hillary-not-out-woods-arkansas-bar-considers-disciplinary-action-over-email-scandal)."
Alas, it seems as though Clevenger's pursuit of Hillary has been has been held up by the FBI for a rather curious reason, namely a "lack of public interest." As the Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/29/fbi-lack-public-interest-emails-justifies-withhold/) points out, after filing a FOIA request for Hillary documents with the FBI, Clevenger received the following emailed response:



“You have not sufficiently demonstrated that the public’s interest in disclosure outweighs personal privacy interests of the subject,” FBI records management section chief David M. Hardy told Mr. Clevenger in a letter Monday.

“It is incumbent upon the requester to provide documentation regarding the public’s interest in the operations and activities of the government before records can be processed pursuant to the FOIA,” Mr. Hardy wrote.


More at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-29/fbi-denies-foia-request-hillary-documents-due-lack-public-interest

timosman
08-30-2017, 03:18 AM
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/29/fbi-lack-public-interest-emails-justifies-withhold/


August 29, 2017 by Stephen Dinan

http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/3c21e629a82689283e14fa2892e32fa0
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Book Expo event in New York on June 1, 2017. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s case isn’t interesting enough to the public to justify releasing the FBI’s files on her, the bureau said this week in rejecting an open-records request by a lawyer seeking to have the former secretary of state punished for perjury.

Ty Clevenger has been trying to get Mrs. Clinton and her personal attorneys disbarred for their handling of her official emails during her time as secretary of state. He’s met with resistance among lawyers, and now his request for information from the FBI’s files has been shot down.

“You have not sufficiently demonstrated that the public’s interest in disclosure outweighs personal privacy interests of the subject,” FBI records management section chief David M. Hardy told Mr. Clevenger in a letter Monday.

“It is incumbent upon the requester to provide documentation regarding the public’s interest in the operations and activities of the government before records can be processed pursuant to the FOIA,” Mr. Hardy wrote.

Mrs. Clinton, is the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, former chief diplomat, former U.S. senator, and former first lady of both the U.S. and Arkansas.

Her use of a secret email account to conduct government business while leading the State Department was front-page news for much of 2015 and 2016, and was so striking that the then-FBI director broke with procedure and made both a public statement and appearances before Congress to talk about the bureau’s probe.

In the end, the FBI didn’t recommend charges against Mrs. Clinton, concluding that while she risked national security, she was too technologically inept to know the dangers she was running, so no case could be made against her.

The FBI says it will only release records from its files if a subject consents, is dead, or is of such public interest that it overrides privacy concerns.

Mr. Clevenger said he thought it would have been clear why Mrs. Clinton’s case was of public interest, but he sent documentation anyway, pointing to a request by members of Congress for an investigation into whether Mrs. Clinton perjured herself in testimony to Capitol Hill.

“I’m just stunned. This is exactly what I would have expected had Mrs. Clinton won the election, but she didn’t. It looks like the Obama administration is still running the FBI,” Mr. Clevenger told The Washington Times.

“How can a story receive national news coverage and not be a matter of public interest? If this is the new standard, then there’s no such thing as a public interest exception,” he said.

The FBI didn’t provide comment Tuesday when asked how it balances public interest versus privacy in open-records requests.

Seeking to clear up any confusion over the level of public interest, one person forwarded to The Washington Times a petition started on the White House website to demand release of the documents.

“The assumption made by Mr. Hardy that such a release is not in the public interest is invalid and the FBI should immediately release these documents,” said the petition, started by user “C.S.”

KEEF
08-30-2017, 04:44 AM
Public isn't interested, or is it that sheeples are made to think that they are not interested, and that if one was to go after Clinton (or any Democrat for that matter) then they (all of the SJW sheeplike) would be the victim?

Riotes would break out about then why isn't Trump getting impeached... well because Russia; even though substantial evidence will be presented to them about Clinton's crimes and maybe even her uranium dealings with Russia.

Schifference
08-30-2017, 05:12 AM
If Trump were president, Hillary would be in jail.

TheTexan
08-30-2017, 06:38 AM
If Trump were president, Hillary would be in jail.

Haha yes that was hilarious when he said that, I love Trump so much for that

acptulsa
08-30-2017, 07:31 AM
I don't know if it's more interesting that the FBI doesn't consider it to be 'in the public interest' that the government is passing State Secrets out to people so arrogant that they put them on a system they're ignorant about, or that the Washington Times is misrepresenting the legal term 'in the public interest' to mean 'interesting'.

shakey1
08-30-2017, 08:51 AM
... & once again she skates.

http://jacemasula.com/monopoly/ccjail.jpg

jllundqu
08-30-2017, 10:43 AM
If Trump were president, Hillary would be in jail.

Sums up everything in one, concise sentence. Bravo

Raginfridus
08-30-2017, 10:55 AM
I thought the narrative was Donald Trump won, because the russkies leaked her emails? The public clearly have an interest in the investigations.

timosman
08-30-2017, 11:00 AM
I thought the narrative was Donald Trump won, because the russkies leaked her emails? The public clearly have an interest in the investigations.

The public interest does not extend to events more than 2 weeks old.

Swordsmyth
08-30-2017, 12:24 PM
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?514522-FBI-Denies-FOIA-Request-For-Hillary-Documents-Due-To-quot-Lack-Of-Public-Interest-quot

Swordsmyth
08-30-2017, 01:42 PM
Sign and spread the petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/compel-fbi-release-all-records-pertaining-hillary-clintons-personal-secret-server-email-investigation

Swordsmyth
08-30-2017, 01:43 PM
Sign and spread the petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/compel-fbi-release-all-records-pertaining-hillary-clintons-personal-secret-server-email-investigation

goldenequity
08-30-2017, 02:14 PM
beat me again :D

Compel The F.B.I. To Release All Records Pertaining To Hillary Clinton's Personal Secret Server Email Investigation
Created by R.D. on August 29, 2017
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/compel-fbi-release-all-records-pertaining-hillary-clintons-personal-secret-server-email-investigation

Brian4Liberty
08-30-2017, 02:54 PM
FBI refuses to release Hillary Clinton files, says lawyer did not demonstrate the 'public's interest in the disclosure' (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fbi-refuses-to-release-hillary-clinton-files-says-lawyer-did-not-demonstrate-the-publics-interest-in-the-disclosure/article/2632905)
by Mandy Mayfield | Aug 29, 2017


The FBI turned down a lawyer's request for the release of FBI files on Hillary Clinton, faulting the lawyers' documents for not providing enough proof "that the public interest sought is a significant one," according to multiple reports Tuesday.

The FBI killed the request made by attorney Ty Clevenger, who filed a Freedom of Information Act request earlier this year to obtain information relating to the investigation into Clinton's emails.

"You have not sufficiently demonstrated that the public's interest in disclosure outweighs personal privacy interests of the subject," Hardy said to Clevenger in a letter on Monday. "It is incumbent upon the requester to provide documentation regarding the public's interest in the operations and activities of the government before records can be processed pursuant to the FOIA."
...
More: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fbi-refuses-to-release-hillary-clinton-files-says-lawyer-did-not-demonstrate-the-publics-interest-in-the-disclosure/article/2632905

Brian4Liberty
08-30-2017, 03:06 PM
I don't know if it's more interesting that the FBI doesn't consider it to be 'in the public interest' that the government is passing State Secrets out to people so arrogant that they put them on a system they're ignorant about, or that the Washington Times is misrepresenting the legal term 'in the public interest' to mean 'interesting'.

Apparently, nothing that Hillary Clinton did as a member of government or as POTUS candidate is relevant to "the public". Move along folks, mundanes have no need to know.

Raginfridus
08-30-2017, 03:15 PM
Apparently, nothing that Hillary Clinton did as a member of government or as POTUS candidate is relevant to "the public". Move along folks, mundanes have no need to know.http://i.imgur.com/yOTPXl3.png

acptulsa
08-30-2017, 09:32 PM
How shocking that the FBI, part of the Justice Dept., a cabinet level branch of the Executive, otherwise known as the Trump White House, would give Clinton a pass...

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?514561-Gohmert-to-GOP-Leaders-%91We%92ve-Had-the-Majority%92-%91You-Haven%92t-Let-Us-Hold-Anybody-Accountable


http://thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Trump-Wedding-Yay-Clintons.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lFrk4PbVg

Funny how no one saw this coming during the primaries. Oh, wait--we did.

Origanalist
09-01-2017, 03:31 PM
NOT SO FAST: Judge Orders Feds to Release Details of Hillary Clinton Email Investigation After FBI Refused

If Judge James E. Boasberg has his way, details of Hillary Clinton’s email investigation by the FBI will see the light of day. The U.S. District Judge isn’t buying the FBI’s claim that a “lack of public interest” justifies withholding the documents.

A federal judge ordered the FBI on Thursday to disclose more details about how it handled its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret email account.

U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said court papers describing the grand jury subpoenas the FBI obtained to compel information from Mrs. Clinton’s internet service providers can be made public.

In doing so, he overruled objections by the Trump administration that had insisted making the information public would violate grand jury secrecy rules.

“After reviewing the document in camera, the court concludes that it largely rehashes information already made public, thus obviating any need for secrecy,” the judge said.

Two groups, Judicial Watch and Cause of Action Institute, have been prodding the government for more information about the Clinton emails, and they cheered the judge’s ruling as a victory for transparency.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/08/not-fast-judge-orders-feds-release-details-hillary-clinton-email-investigation-fbi-refused/


How shocking that the FBI, part of the Justice Dept., a cabinet level branch of the Executive, otherwise known as the Trump White House, would give Clinton a pass...





Funny how no one saw this coming during the primaries. Oh, wait--we did.


President of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton said about this new federal court order, “This major court ruling may finally result in more answers about the Benghazi scandal and Hillary Clinton’s involvement in it – as we approach the attack’s fifth anniversary. It is remarkable that we had to battle both the Obama and Trump administrations to break through the State Department’s Benghazi stonewall. Why are Secretary Tillerson and Attorney General Sessions wasting taxpayer dollars protecting Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration?